Taumacera mirabilis ( Jacoby, 1887 ) Bezděk, 2019

Bezděk, Jan, 2019, Taumacera revisited, with new synonyms, new combinations and a revised catalogue of the species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 59 (1), pp. 23-52 : 38

Taumacera mirabilis ( Jacoby, 1887) , comb. nov.

( Fig. 68 )

Xenarthra mirabilis Jacoby, 1887a: 107 (original description)

Type material examined. HOLOTYPE: ♂, ‘Type / H.T. [white round label with red collar, p] // Ceylon. / G. Lewis. / 1910-320. [w, p] // Bogawantalawa. / 4,900-5,200 ft. / 28.II-12.III.82. [w, p] // Xenarthra / mirabilis / Jac. [b, h]’ ( BMNH).

Additional material examined. SRI LANKA: Maskeliya, ix.1905, 1 ♂ ( BMNH).

Comments. I examined the holotype (male) of this species. It has a metasternal process and thus I hereby transfer Xenarthra mirabilis to Taumacera .

Figures

Figs 64–73. Habitus of Taumacera. 64– T. musaamani (Mohamedsaid, 2010) (male); 65 – T. cervicornis (Baly, 1861) (male); 66 – T. lewisi (Jacoby, 1887) (male); 67 – T. lewisi(female, holotype of Aenidea hirtipennis Jacoby, 1887); 68 – T. mirabilis (Jacoby, 1887) (male, holotype); 69 – T. unicolor (Jacoby, 1887) (male, holotype); 72 – T. costatipennis (Jacoby, 1896) (male, syntype); 71 – T. deusta Thunberg, 1814 (male, holotype); 72 – T. deusta (male, holotype of Nacrea apicipennis Baly, 1886); 73 – T. fulvicollis (Jacoby, 1881) (female, syntype).